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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: tradgardmastre on 01 February 2014, 09:21:24 AM

Title: Rodkojoler- danish army 1772-1784 help sought
Post by: tradgardmastre on 01 February 2014, 09:21:24 AM

I am trying to find out an order of battle for the Danish Army of this period.

I read the the Rodkojoer part of the Tojhusmuseet website and have become interested in the Danes of this period.

Does anyone know what the flags looked like ?

Also are the books related to the period from the museum worth getting.I sadly dn't read Danish bur found the book on the Danish Army 1801- 1814 a really good buy

Any help appreciated

Alan

Title: Re: Rodkojoler- danish army 1772-1784 help sought
Post by: traveller on 01 February 2014, 10:41:46 AM

Hi Alan,

Being Swedish I might be able to help if you can be more precise what you are after. I am sure though that some of the Danish LAFers can help.

"Den Danske Soldat gennem tiderne" by Thaulow states rhe following army organisation by 1774:

Cavalry Regiments (10) each of 5 squadrons with 515 men
- Life Guard
- Husar
- 8 Cuirasser and dragoon regiments

Infantry
-14 Regiments each of 2 Grenadier (104 men)and 10 Musketeer (112 men) companies
Unclear if the Foot Guards were part of the 14 and how many garrison units that were in addition

Artillery
-4 batallions, not much detail on these unfortunately...

This website might also be of interest:

http://www.milhist.dk/start/contact_uk.htm

Title: Re: Rodkojoler- danish army 1772-1784 help sought
Post by: ts on 01 February 2014, 11:54:23 AM

The only comprehensive work on Danish colours is:
BRUHN, HELGE. Dannebrog - og danske Faner gennem Tiderne. Jespersen & Pio, København 1949.
Else one has to search in other works to compile informations on the subject.
I think, it is 1784 all colours are renewed in the Danish part of the Army, and many of the old ones were then sent to be used in the Norweigian Army, which means many of the former colours used in Denmark can be found in the Norweigian work "Fanekatalogen".
I do not know any specific work on your subject, it will have to be pieced together.
On organization, I think the easiest source, is to take the information from:
VAUPELL, OTTO: Den dansk-norske-hærs historie. I-II. Kjøbenhavn 1872/76. Gyldendalske, for mere detailed information, but the answer by traveller maybe covers your need.
PETERSEN, KARSTEN SKJOLD. Geworbne krigskarle. Hvervede soldater i Danmark 1774-1803. Museum Tusculanum Forlag, København 2002. is a good and comprehensive work also covering the period you is interested in.
On the uniforms of the period there are SKJOLD PETERSEN, KARSTEN. Den danske hærs uniformer i 1700-tallet. Tøjhusmuseet, 2005, a useful booklet and more detailed by same author are series of articles in the Danish magazine "Chakoten" and in the Norweigian  yearly "Årbok" from Norsk Våpenhistorisk Selskap.